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(1967 New Kent School Yearbook. Courtesy of New Kent County Public Schools, Virginia.)

[Getting Started Photo] with link to larger version of photo.
(1970 New Kent High School Yearbook. Courtesy of New Kent County Public Schools, Virginia.)

These pictures were taken in 1967 and 1970, respectively. Both represent elected student government officers for New Kent School (by 1970, the school was renamed New Kent High School).


What do you think might have happened in the intervening years to encourage the election of a multiracial governing body at the New Kent School?

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